In her address on "Flower Arrangement," which was the main item on the programme of the American Women's Club general meeting on Tuesday afternoon their club rooms, Mfrs, W. L. Merriman combined artistic ideals with practical hints in a way which made her remarks particularly val-liable. The club rooms looked especially lovely, as the platform, with its dark background, set off the formal Japanese flower ments to good advantage, Jother flowers graced the various tea tables, all illustrating points in the address.
After being' felicitously introduced members of the staff were present [by Dr. Anne Walter Fearn, the express Onis lation of [President of the Club, Mrs, Mer= the very happy. they|fiman, who is Chairman of the /have experienced during the past 14/ Gardening Section, spoke first on years while Mr. Mackay has been arranging flowers in one's own homey the head of the firm in Shanghai from one's garden, saying that she Advantage was taken of the eccas was giving her personal preferences, fon of their approaching departure not arbitrarily, but because books make presentations to Mr. and fon such subjects were not available, Mrs. Mackay from the office staffs To keep flowers fresh she advised of Butterfield & Swire and the China cutting them in the early morning, Navigation Ca., Ld., in Hongkong. dipping their stems in hot water China and Japan. for two minutes, then placing them in cold water and keeping them in cool place until needed, In select
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